Well, Sarfarosh doesn't exactly mean Daredevil, though it implies that many times. Sarfarosh is made of Sar and Farosh, sar is head while farosh is a seller, so sarfarosh would literally mean a head seller, though the word actually is used such that giving it a better meaning, that is a person with fervor, or high enthusiasm for doing something. The feeling itself is called Sarfaroshi.

De Dana Dan is a local Hindi word that generally means beating up someone or something continuously, going one hit after the other. The word has become a more common term, used for doing anything without much thinking, one after the other.

Reham-o-Karam or raham-o-karam (shortened as Rehmo-Karam sometimes) is made of two words Rehem and Karam. Rehem is compassion while Karam is grace, favor or kindness. Frankly, both the words Rehem and Karam have nearly the same meaning and hence are used together a lot, thus making rehem-o-karam which means Compassion and Grace.

Reham-o-karam is a song sung by Vishal Dadlani and Shankar Mahadevan in Karan Johar's We Are Family.

Have you ever stuck on the word chilman in a song or Ghazal? If yes, here is the meaning.

Chilman is a screen, mostly a curtain, that is 'Parda' in Hindi, or sometimes a hanging screen made of bamboo or some type of plants.

When in songs, Chilman basically means something that keeps one's sight blocked, generally in part, due to which heroes are not able to see their heroines properly. Don't you know, ye jo chilman hai, dushman hai hamari.. (this 'chilman', it's my enemy..)

Saaki is actually a person who makes one's drink, a cup-bearer. But the word is also figuratively used for a loved one. Though most of the uses of the word are kept in context related to drinks, a Saaki is supposedly a person (in most probability a lady) who is either a loved one or a friendly cup-bearer.

Seher is a common word in Bollywood. We have had albums and movies by the name.

Actually Seher is the Urdu word for 'Subah' or Morning. It's also used with 'shaam' (evening) many times, and the the resultant Sham-o-seher, which literally means evenings and mornings is used as 'always' or 'all the time.'

Well, Dhan te nan (or tan te nan) is a very Desi representation of a typical old espionage tune, and something I could never expect to reach such a level where Gulzar made it go. But then, Gulzar is a person who gets the most earthy lyrics and so is dhan te nan.

If you have seen those '70s movies of Amitabh Bachchan n all (like Don, for instance) where the hero is running away n villain is following or vice versa but both are in different frames at different times, there was this old espionage music that went like tan-te-nan, something like the music of the song. You can also see many people say the word in many movies just for an effect. One place I remember is Rajesh Khanna saying the word in Bawarchi when he brings tea to the old man of the family. There he says it in his own style, something like taan ta raan.

So, that's the history of the word I could get. But if you're looking for a dictionary meaning, the answer is, it doesn't exist.

Ibn-e-Batuta literally means son of Batuta, but frankly, that meaning has nothing to do with the song of Ishqiya.

In Ishqiya, Ibn-e-Batuta simply means the Moroccan Muslim Scholar called Ibn-e-Batuta or Ibnbatuta who used to travel and write extensively about his journeys. Here Gulzar has used the name of Ibn-e-batuta in a light mood to express a traveler. As the line goes, Ibn-e-Batuta, Bagal mein Joota, which means he's ready to walk at any time, though here it is again followed by pehne to karta hai churrrr, which makes it all fun. But at the same time, if you listen to the entire song, it simply tells you how to travel and live life, even though in its own funny manner.

Justjoo is something like Aarzoo only, and the two words are used together many times. To be precise, Justjoo means a quest or search, but then the word is also used as desire sometimes, while the precise word for that is arzoo.

Chup is a Hindi/Urdu (known as Hindustani) word which means silent. But when you say 'chupke' (generally used as 'chupke se' or 'chupke chupke') it doesn't go very literally. The meaning of chupke chupke or chupke se is actually without telling anyone or without letting anyone know.

Golmaal means a deceptive situation, with generally some amount of confusion involved.

The title song of Hrishikesh Mukerjee's Golmaal, 'Golmaal hai bhai sab golmaal hai,' would make it easier to understand as it says in the very second line: 'seedhe raste ki ye tedhi hi chaal hai' meaning it's a straight looking path but it works quite zigzag.

What is this that is there between you and meIt's some unseen, unheard storyNow the life has started looking blankmine, every breath also seems blank,Without you, Without you, Without you,There is a pricking in the winds without you..

Rehem-o-Karam is made of two words Rehem and Karam. Rehem is compassion while Karam is grace, favor or kindness. Frankly, both the words Rehem and Karam have nearly the same meaning and hence are used together a lot, thus making rehem-o-karam which means Compassion and Grace.

Shama or Shamaa is another highly used word in Hindi songs. Shama is an Urdu word which means a candle or a lamp that burns.

Also, many times with Shamaa, Parwana is also used. Parwana is a butterfly, or a moth. In these songs where a 'Parwana' is ready to burn in a 'Shama', Parwana basically means moths who generally keep flying near lamps/ candles and get burned by them.

And yes, as the comment on top says, poets believe that true lovers are like these moths who die in the flame of a beloved's love, beloved being the flame here.

When Mithoon made the song Javeda Zindagi, its music was so good that even though people didn't know what the words Javeda Zindagi meant, or at least what Javeda meant, we just fell for the song. Awesome work by Mithoon for sure.

Anyway, the word Javeda, or Javida, the way they have sung it, actually comes from Arabic word Javid, which means Life. Hence, Javeda/ Javida is living, or eternal.

Since Zindagi is simply 'life', Javeda Zindagi is eternal life, so that the line 'mohabbat to ek javeda zindagi hai' would mean something like 'love is (has) an eternal life', or simply love is eternal, or forever.

Well, the word has been there is many songs. Khushnuma means full of happiness, with the feelings of joy all around. Quite a simple word. Samaa is a time, or season. Also, many times people say 'samaa baandhna', which means doing something so good that you stop the time, as samaa baandhna is literally stopping the time.

This song of Badmaash Company has been pretty popular lately. The word Chaska actually comes from the origin taste, but the actual meaning of the word happens to be addiction, since so many of our addictions happen to be our eating habits only. Here in the song too, Chaska means addiction, and chaska laga means (I've) got addicted.

Pritam almost went gaga over this word Ayashi in Shahid Kapoor Anushka Sharma starrer Badmaash Company. So what does the word mean? Going by the song the meaning could be flamboyant. Talking exactly, it's something near that.

Ayyashi means living an ostentatious life, spending money carelessly, and generally, without doing much work, or doing no work at all. Ayyash is basically a person who lives such a life. The word ayyashi is generally associated with carelessness and irresponsibility.

Beera basically comes from the Hindi/Sanskrit word Veer. Especially in the eastern regions of Uttar Pradesh and in Bihar, 'V' is a comparatively less spoken letter, many times replaced with 'B.' Thus, Beera is a more local form of Veer which means Brave.

"Thappad se dar nahi Lagta sahab, pyaar se lagta hai." As soon as Sonakshi finishes her dialog, I wonder who writes dialogs for Salman Khan's movies. I mean, at a time when people are dying to go down to reality, he can be totally filmy and still look good. Again, he is one guy who least goes out to fans through any media, especially Internet and still has one of the largest fan followings. The latter goes even for Sanjay Dutt.

Anyway, I was getting deviated from the topic. I was here talking about the actress, Sonakshi Sinha. When I heard that Sonakshi, the daughter of Shatrughan Sinha was going to act in Dabangg, my guess was that we'd have a scene here or there with a flower like beautiful, say model, who'd say a romantic dialog and clear the way for Salman. But seems like Salman is going to get more than just a model this time and as Sonakshi is seen in the promos, in a down to earth role (as much as it can be in a Salman Khan movie, of course we are not talking of Govind Nihalani level here) it's almost clear we are going to have an actress for the future.

Well, promos don't tell a lot, so we'll have to wait for the movie until will can say more, but until then, all the best Sonakshi.

Salman Khan is appearing in Dabangg with the name Inspector Chulbul Pandey. Did u think Chulbul has a meaning too? Well, it has some meaning, though not a lot. Chulbul comes from the word Chulbuli which means mischievous behavior. Something kind of improper, immature behavior. Thus, to be close to precise, Chulbul would be a person who keeps doing small, wrong things just for the sake of it.

I've seen some dreams, I've thought of some colors,
Now I've thought of my tomorrow with you,
In this way, whenever you are with me,
Everything is like pages of a story,
As my soul was sacrificed, a voice called out in a moment,
I got separated from the heart, I was broken something like that.
I gave my love away such that wherever I bowed my head, I saw you.
I gave my love away such that wherever I bowed my head, I saw you..

When you turned, the sun turned,
I blossomed like sunlight in the shadow of your light,
even my sky felt small
when I got a place in your arms.
(seeing) that paused act of yours, even my God stopped,
I was so affected, I was broken such that..

I got letters immersed in your perfume,
Written, Read, and heard in your color's ink,
all those talks of yours,
They listen, tell, weave the story of my heart
I cannot tell, my tongue has become silent,
my heart has become a guest, I broke something like that..

Let's color, Let's color,
Let's color the town in our colour,
Let's make a hole in the sky, We'll set the sea on fire
Let's put a tattoo of life on the chest of death,
(we are) rogue birds... rogue birds..

Well, first there was (and there is, and always will be) Amitabh Bachchan. And now, 35 years after his superstardom started, there are Amitabh Bhattacharya and Amitabh Varma and maybe more coming up in the industry. But then, even today people ask what the word Amitabh mean. So here I give the answer, once again.

Amitabh is made up of two words, Amit + Abha. Amit means one that never dies and Abha is a glow, a radiance, maybe a halo. Hence, Amitabh means someone with a radiance that never dies. A person with an immortal glow.

By the way, the name Amitabh was given to the Mr Bachchan by renowned Hindi poet Sumitra Nandan Pant.

Well, first things first. If you don't know, Gulzar's real name is Sampoorna Singh. Gulzar was the name he adds as a poet, making it Sampoorna Singh 'Gulzar'.

Gulzar actually is a word that is used for a Garden or something similar when it is full of flowers. Gulzar is a Persian word with its origin being Gul, which literally means rose, or generalizing you can say a flower.

Thus, Gulzar is a state of a Garden that is blossoming, that has a lot of flowers there.

Oh, and by the way, Sampoorna means complete.

I hope I have been able to get to you the meaning of the great lyricist's name.

Saat Khoon Maaf is Vishal Bharadwaj's next film releasing in January 2011, on the 21st day as per the details available yet. The movie which literally means 'Seven murders forgiven' has Priyanka Chopra in the lead role with seven heroes playing seven spouses of her.

The title of the movie has an extra punch to it because 'Saat Khoon' was a popular term in earlier India which meant all coming generations of a family. For example, if a king told someone saat khoon maaf, that meant seven generations (figuratively all) of the family or the person were forgiven for whatever one had done.

Lafangey Parindey has got some really interesting song titles. While the movie's name was no less in any way, there is, of course, a song called Lafangey Parindey, while the best two songs of the album are called Man Lafanga and Nain Parindey.

Now Nain Parindey means bird eyes, which actually has nothing to do with a bird. Instead it means that the eyes keep flying and roaming in a world of their own. In fact, the whole song is based on the same theme.

My heart is a rogue
It does what its own heart likes
Although it's mine
It's not afraid of even me
It keeps floating in thoughts
I ask it to balance itself but it keeps on slipping
Love is expensive,
But it (the heart) still deals in love.

Okay. Straight and Clear, words Dhatad Tatad have no meaning of their own and Swanand Kirkire starts a song again with two totally meaningless words, the last being Zoobi-doobi.

Though this time Swanand chooses to be more meaningful and the rest of the song has lines which have quite some meaning of theirs. For example, sun le shor chun chun ke, shor bhi ek manzar hai is a lovable line. Also, there are some inspirational words but then they have been mixed into the Bambaiyya language and go into dhatad tatad of the song.

Surili Ankhiyon wale is a typical Gulzar phrase. Surila means melodious, while ankhiyan are eyes. Thus, Surili ankhiyon wale means a person with melodious eyes. Frankly, you don't have melodious eyes, but then that is the magic of Gulzar's words who once wrote 'humne dekhi hai un aankhon ki mehekti khushbu' (We've seen that beautiful smell of those eyes). Now if you keep wondering how can eyes smell beautiful and how can one watch it, you will never reach the deep sensuality behind his words. So just keep listening and loving.

Udaan means Flight. The movie called Udaan written by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane is about a student trying to fly high with his dreams while his father puts him in strong discipline. Hence, story of flying beyond fear and the boundaries made by people around one.

Khalish is a pricking sensation, in Hindi, Chubhan, and the word most probably comes from the root khalna, which means to be hurt or simply get a troubling sensation. Hence, khalish is an unresting, troubling sensation, and not emptiness, which is just khalipan.

Sorry for the mistake here and a big thanks to all who helped me find the right thing.

In Hindi/Sanskrit, Rakt or Rakta is used for two words, the color red, and blood. Hence, Rakta Charitra would mean Red Character or Blood Character literally but my guess is that end of the day both the things would indicate the same thing, a person who is involved with things related to blood, life-death-murders etc.

Salman Khan's Dabangg is coming soon. And then there are people who want to know what dabangg means. Well, Dabangg, or dabang, as it used to be spelled earlier, means someone who has a dabdaba, a control over a specific area and people there.

The word dabangg is generally used to address people who have good deal of control or influence over the other powerful people of the area. Hence, Dabangg also means Powerful.

There is this Urdu word Sajda / Sajdah that keeps on appearing in Hindi songs forever. Sajda is an Arabic word meaning prostration to God in the direction of the Kaaba at Mecca which is usually done during the daily prayers.

In simpler terms, Sajda is a posture in prayer where one bends one's head in submission to God. The word Sajda is used by the poets/lyricists because a Sajda is considered the utmost stage of submission. And hence when someone says s/he performed a sajda, it means s/he devoted himself / herself completely to someone else.

Chola Maati ke ram is a song sung and composed by Nageen Tanveer in the movie Peepli [Live]. The song is not in the Hindi we use in everyday. In fact the song is in a dialect that sounds something like Awadhi, the langauge of Ramcharit Manas.

The song Chola maati ke raam is actually a bhajan, written by Gangaram Sakhet. The lines chola maati ke raam, ekar ka bharosa chola maati ke re, according to me mean that there is this statue of Lord Raam made of earth, and he's the only one who we can believe, we can rely on (in this time full of problems).

Actually in the meaning here I have not found the meaning of chola which according to me means a gown or a robe which sadhus wear. Wonder what it means here, but the lines probably have more or less the same meaning I guess.

Any suggestions with a better detail are welcome.

Update: it means that the poet is preaching that the body is a robe made out of clay (mitti) and one should dedicate their lives to Ram since he is the only hope. (Courtesy: Rohity, see comments below)

Aazadiyaan written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and composed by Amit Trivedi is one of the best songs I have heard in past some time. It's rebellious, and it's inspirational. And since I loved the song, I decided to translate the song into English so that more and more people may enjoy the song. The lines have been almost literally translated but this is not word-to-word translation and one should get the meaning right. If you want any clarifications, I'd be happy to help.

Ali Zafar's upcoming film Tere Bin Laden has a song called Ullu da patha sung by him and Shankar Mahadevan.

Ullu da Pattha is a slang which literally means son of an owl but is actually used for someone who does idiotic things. As a matter of fact, Ullu da Pattha is such a common word that it's been used to address people more with love than as an insult.

So when you hear the song he's a good looking Ullu da pattha, don't wonder how the words can be used together. It's friendly here.

OK. This time I'm getting you a meaning that is out of Bollywood. You must have heard the name Sanaa. But do you know the name is popular in Muslim as well as Hindu culture too? Interestingly, both the cultures have got different origins and different meanings for the word.

In Muslim culture, the name comes from Swahili and means Beauty, or a work of art. While the name among Hindus might have come from its Sanskrit origin, which means Long lasting.

As a matter of fact, there are more names which have different meanings across cultures. Just like Sana, there is Sameer, which is 'Wind' in Hindi/Sanskrit and 'a jovial, entertaining companion.'

Amit Trivedi is here again. I was not even done with listening to his awesome Udaan, when he came back with Aisha. The good thing is that unlike Udaan, Aisha is not all typical Amit Trivedi in his favorite rock mood, but much more versatility. In fact with the present variety, you may count it as, something like half a Dev.D.

The first song of the album is Suno Aisha, which is a peppy number with some light, likeable experiments with instruments. The song that falls almost in line with Vishal-Shekhar's Jaane Kyun and Jab mila tu, sounds different also because of the soft voices. By the way, with Amit Trivedi and more, the song even has Ash King, the guy who sang Dil gira daffatan for Rahman last year in Delhi 6.

The lines mean that you don't know whether it's the end of the story or is it a new beginning. Is it a new morning or is it the night coming. The time that comes, will whether give you space, or you'll be in dilemmas and troubles again, you never know.

And to me, the meaning of this meaning is that no one knows what is coming next and what may looks like a dark night ahead may even be the brightest morning. So just enjoy, live life to the fullest. Life is, after all, about hoping, and living.

Finding the meaning of Lamhaa's popular song Madno re is a trouble for people. So here is the meaning of the lines from Kashmiri to Hindi.

Madno means beloved, Dilbaro means a beloved too, and Mashuko is a beloved again. The meanings vary like Madno is something like saajnaa, while dilbaro is like dilbar of urdu only. Mashuko is like Mashuka of Urdu again.

Lafangey Parindey is.. quite a strange name. Reason being 'Lafanga' is a word completely from the Desi Language while 'Parinde' is a pure Urdu word. Also, Parinde was a much respected movie and hence adding Lafange to it seems odd.

Anyway, Lafangey Parindey would literally mean 'Rogue Birds' as Lafanga is used for someone who roams around uselessly on roads and a parinda is simply a bird.

We still have to see how the cutie boy Neil Nitin Mukesh fits in the role of a Lafangaa Parindaa.